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I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

More madness from the Troma stable, which would no doubt have the Bard rolling in his grave if he knew about it. What this film may lack in taste it makes up for in sheer pacing and endless streams of jokes. Thanks to the direction of experienced film buff Lloyd Kaufman, there are plenty of jokes and (attempted) laughs in every single scene, almost overwhelmingly so. Therefore this movie instantly beats the amateurish, boring efforts that Troma have released in the past like CHOPPER CHICKS IN ZOMBIE TOWN, where invariably the title would be more interesting than the movie itself.An extremely loose adaptation of the story, this mixes in Shakespearian dialogue with more modern fare in a sometimes funny way ("what light through yonder Plexiglas breaks?"). It's a more believable update of the tale than the similarly themed - and far too MTV-ish for its own good - ROMEO + JULIET with Leonardo DiCaprio was. The usual ingredients are here, from regular gross-out humour, lesbianism, splatter effects (containing the usual quota of severed heads and limbs), squeamish moments (body piercing in particular), sometimes witty humour, visual sight gags, and strange situations. There is at least one funny joke in this film, set in a butcher's where a giant maggot is discovered in the cellar and made into hot dogs! The acting is amateur, again, but everyone fits their particular role well, especially Will Keenan who is pretty convincing as Romeo. Although this kind of crude humour isn't to my taste, I'm sure that fans of other Troma fare will have a field day with this.

Romeo and Juliet, let's face it, is a silly story at its core, about two young dopey kids who live under rival tribe-gangs, and then meet and at first sight fall desperately in love. The rival-gang story might be fine enough, but the 'young-first-love' thing grows tired, at least for me, once I get past the age of reason (certain exceptions, like when Jerome Robbins adds kick-ass choreography and sings for West Side Story, or in little animated spurts, abound). So, mixing this silly story into the mix of Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz's Troma world is actually not a bad idea: lots of torpedo-the-top violence, excessive, icky almost Nickelodeon-slime-like gore, nudity and sex, and punk rock and piercings and tattoos for the characters. When there's a gang-fight here, or any kind of altercation that might result in violence, there's not only gotta be blood - severed limbs, torn and cracked skulls, maybe even the occasional mutation or radioactive penis might do the trick.Here, it's a story told with a little more down-and-dirt grit (and coming out right around the time, intentional or not, with the Baz Luhrman Romeo + Juliet makes a terrific counterpoint for that film's unknowing stupidity). The Capulets and the Montagues were once partners in a film screening business, until Mr. Capulet screwed over Mr. Montague. Now its years later and Tromeo wants true love, as does Juliet, though they both have intended others (for Juliet, a son of a billionaire Juliet's evil father - and yes, he's evil as you will see, incestuous too). They meet at a costume party and have a dance, and right there it's love. But oh, what light on yon Plexiglas does shine! What does that mean? You'll have to see it to believe it.Tromeo and Juliet offers up a lot of the gross-out stuff and crazy, X-rated cartoonish violence, including, a hight-light for me, a man's face stuck in a car window as it drives at top speed and then being flung to a fire hydrant. Ouch. But it also has James Gunn as writer and (un-official-but-really-was-co) director of the film, and it's fascinating to see after Slither and Super to see that his mark is on it: the film is more disturbing than one might expect from the crude but playful Kaufman, such as the 'black room' with the Plexiglas Capulet has, and some of the more crazy sexual dialog (though some of it is still Troma-light, like when Juliet calls a phone sex line just cause a picture she sees in the ad looks like Tromeo... and the guy on the other end is a 400 pound guy eating a pizza while he sex talks!) You gotta know, this is not your grand-daddy's R&J; this isn't even Abel Ferrara's 80's rock take China Girl. This is a beast of true B to maybe Z grade coverage of the story, with Lemmy from Motorhead as narrator, and, I should note, lots and lots of sex (though some semi-sweet romance midway through too). It's outrageous, it's stupid, it's childish, offensive, disgusting, maybe pornographic in its fetishizing of special effects and the same car crash footage used in every other Troma feature. But it's fun, and it knows it, and that's what counts here. It's all of a piece, to put it another way, even as certain pieces may fall flat or just astound with how bad the acting is or how obvious a stunt is (or, yeah, a boom mic in a few shots).

A Shakespeare film provided by Troma entertainment? That is certainly something to rouse one's curiosity. And, hey, there is Debbie Rochon, although not the most skintastic babe in the movie, it is always good to see her.Yes, there is plenty of skin in this wacky tale, starting with Juliet (Jane Jensen) getting it on with Ness (Rochon), but Jensen will provide much more later in a popcorn moment. Bon appeTiT! Of course, skin is featured on movies and TV shows within the movie numerous times. I wonder what happened to Jacqueline Tavarez, who only appeared here. What a performance! But enough about skin, The movie has much more. There is murder, mayhem, and disgustingly bloody bits. Just what you would expect in Shakespeare, but left out for gentile audiences. Of course, there are also scenes I would never expect in Shakespeare. Ugh! It certainly makes Shakespeare more interesting.

If you're reading my comment you probably know everything about how the films of Troma are and why they are so unique and great so you are probably, if you haven't watch it of course, imagine how is the mix between Shakespeare and Kaufman. If you are imagining an extremely hilarious film with many memorable scenes and with the classic gore, sex and creativity of Troma, well you're imagining the right film. Since the very beginning, with Lemmy of Motorhead as the narrator, this film is nothing but a really unique, bizarre and hilarious version of the Shakespeare classic.Capulet and Que, the last names of two rival families that once were friends but now the only thing that they feel of each other is hate. The life of Tromeo Que (Will Keenan) will never be the same after he meet Juliet Capulet (Jane Jensen) and they must fight for an impossible but true love.I really like the way that the hate between the two families is shown at the beginning because this is real hate and all the members are just crazy in different ways, of course depending of which last name they have. Tromeo is always at parties, his girlfriend is unfaithful to him and he loves pornography. Juliet can't go out of her house, her father is a real f*cker and although she doesn't love London (Steve Gibbons) she must married him. Also she is having a sexual relation with the maid.But we all know that they feel real love and in this film there is one scene, probably my favourite, in which Juliet becomes a sort of a cow with penis because she wants to get rid of London. When Tromeo looks Juliet as a cow, he doesn't care and he kisses her. I mean that's true love, don't you think? The end is also hilarious with the real reason of the hate between the families and the sons of Tromeo and Juliet.The cast is also pretty cool with the beauty of Jane Jensen and Debbie Rochon and a great and funny work of Will Keenan. There are great cameos: Lemmy as the narrator, Lloyd Kaufman appears at a party, Ron Jeremy and also Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. and Toxie appears.Well I really enjoyed this film but I can only recommend it to people who know something about Troma. Anyway, what a great film!PS: the soundtrack is also pretty cool. Motorhead, Sublime and Unsane are some of the bands that appears but my favourite and most bizarre fact is that the Mexican band Brujeria is also here. If I can find this CD someday it will be an obligated purchase.